delme

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See also: dělme

Albanian

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Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *dailjā, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-l-. Compare Old English delu (“teat”). More at djalë. Possibly the source of the Illyrian tribe name Dalmatae. Hyllestad noted that Delme is only a metathesis away from Proto-Germanic *tamila-, as Proto-Albanian *dalma a derivative of Proto-Germanic *tamjaną

Noun

delme f (plural delme)

  1. sheep
  2. ewe

Declension

Declension of delme
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative delme delme delmja delmet
accusative delmen
dative delmeje delmeve delmes delmeve
ablative delmesh

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References

  1. ^ Hyllested, A., & Joseph, B. (2022). Albanian. In T. Olander (Ed.), The Indo-European Language Family: A Phylogenetic Perspective (pp. 223-245). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/9781108758666.013

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan deume, from Latin decimus (“tenth; tithe”). For the development of the /l/, see colze.

Pronunciation

Noun

delme m (plural delmes)

  1. (historical) tithe

Further reading

  • “delme” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
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